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Paul JacobsonMy personal Substack largely about the Canadian economy.
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Payroll through 2026-06
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The monthly payroll (SEPH) Daily starts with a chart really showing that not much is happening. Annual growth is only 0.8% in total payroll employment. Short-term variation is not exciting given the survey (partial) nature of t...
Consumer Prices through 2026-07
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Starting points make comparison fun. Gasoline and energy prices thanks to Trumpian stupidity are providing lots of movement.
The high import content of clothing and many household items makes their price change very sensitive t...
Labour Force Survey through 2026-07
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There is much positive data in the Canadian aggregate trends given the MAGA horror to our south. Strong growth in ON and BC contributed to the national picture. However, consistent results cannot be expected or assumed across t...
Merchandise Trade through 2026-06
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If we are going to talk about nominal merchandise flows, we might as well show that the US which now takes only 69.5 % of our merchandise exports (p20).
That share is highly influenced by energy prices.
I have used the annual...
GDP - Industry - through 2026-05
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For an export-oriented economy with aggressive trading partners, things could look much worse for Canada. Business sector services contributed a bigger share to aggregate GDP than the good sectors.
The growth rates (0.6% goods...
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